With a heavy reliance on technology and the advent of Industry 4.0, today’s manufacturing companies are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks. From design and supply chain to component manufacturing, assembly and…
Month: August 2018
Cyber security: Do you have a rapid response plan?
Two of shipping’s highest-profile cyber attacks offer lessons in preparation says editor Martyn Wingrove. Cyber attacks can take shipping companies back to the digital Stone Age in one fell swoop.…
Persistent DDoS Attacks Evolve at Internet Scale
Attackers are harnessing the power of the internet, leveraging the proliferation of devices in the ever-expanding internet of things (IoT) to launch terabit-per-second–scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to NETSCOUT’s 2018 Threat Intelligence…
ONS Report Highlights Confusion Over ‘Smartphone Security’
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has warned that a lack of awareness about mobile security may be a cause for concern in the future, as smartphone threats mount. Published…
Pentagon cracks down on soldiers' GPS tracking apps
The US military has issued an order to immediately begin restricting soldiers’ use of GPS tracking apps in areas deemed to be sensitive or dangerous. Troops in “operational areas” such…
Amnesty International Staff Targeted with Spyware
Amnesty International found hackers attempting to infect one of its researcher’s phones with a tool from Israel-based NSO Group, long known as makers of spyware, the NGO reported. Amnesty International’s…